The eMachines Mini-e ER1402, Athlon II Neo Powered

[Bateluer]

http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/26/emachines-mini-e-er1402-all-the-pc-your-mother-can-handle-for/

http://www.amazon.com/eMachines-ER14.../ref=de_a_smtd

http://www.emachines.com/products/products.html?prod=ER1402-05

Not sure exactly how the A2N performs in comparison to the Atom 330, but this looks like a decent little net-top for 300 dollars. Half tempted to pick one up and compare it to my Revo 3610 net top. Any takers?

Still wish someone would produce something in that form factor with one of the Intel ULV variants though, preferably i5 ULV based, but I'd take i3 or any of the C2D variants. Heck, an abacus can crunch data faster than the Atom can.

 

[hiddensniper11]

It is slightly more powerful than then Atom, both in CPU and IGP performance. Not the battery life though.

 

[Zap]

Still wish someone would produce something in that form factor with one of the Intel ULV variants though, preferably i5 ULV based, but I'd take i3 or any of the C2D variants.

Isn't ASRock making something similar? I don't think it is the ULV versions, but they're using notebook Core i3/i5 in a nettop-like barebones.

Alright, I searched for it and indeed there's a short thread about it.

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2083156

 

[arod]

I am very interested in the performance of this.... I have an old system that I use to power my media center (extenders only). Its an old server chassis which draws more power than I need and makes more noise that I need (because I added a whs box to the mix so I no longer have a need for tons of drive bays)

My only hangup in getting one of these or the revo's is I want the capability to run cablecard eventually and it requires more power than these have..... hopefully silicondust will release their requirements for the hdhomerun cablecard tuner and they will be lower because its just ethernet coming in.